mts2000 wont turn on

[clanusb]

placed the radio into the impres charger with an impres battery, turned the radio on, listened to traffic for awhile, then turned the radio off.

now the radio wont turn on. screen stays blank, the led on top doesnt light up. no beep sounds. the batteries worked, i tried them on another radio.

i think the radio was fried, i forget the technical name for it. any suggestions?

radio is a mts2000 800mhz model 2.

 

[NeFire242]

Bricked.

Try cleaning the contacts and putting the battery back on it again and see if it lights up at all.

 

[clanusb]

yeah, ive had no success with it. ill just send it to the radio guys at work. they can deal with it.

 

[62Truck]

yeah, ive had no success with it. ill just send it to the radio guys at work. they can deal with it.

There is a PICO fuse some where near the positive battery terminal on most radios, usually its green in color or black, if you could locate it, check it with a multi-meter.

 

[NeFire242]

I've heard of people doing this, just like when they change batteries on a portable they don't turn it off first. Once I saw someone do that and saw the flash of the fuse blowing. Always turn the radio off before charging or changing batteries.

 

[w8jjr]

And this is why you are not suppose to keep radios on when in charger. Motorola says tis is a no no. But I know all too many people do it.

 

[n2hbx]

MTS Series Fuse

There is a PICO fuse some where near the positive battery terminal on most radios, usually its green in color or black, if you could locate it, check it with a multi-meter.

The fuse in the MTS is a surface mount type just ahead of the battery connector on top of the RF board. The link is visible and most times you can see if the link is blown out.

 

[nauss]

And this is why you are not suppose to keep radios on when in charger. Motorola says tis is a no no. But I know all too many people do it.

oops....had mine listening to traffic while on the charger.....I have taken it off now. You learn something new every day. Does this really matter that much? Guess it could run the voltage up. Right?

 

[clanusb]

well i remember being told to never transmit with the radio while it was still in the charger...this however being a trunked radio.. could be a different story, since its basically "transmitting" all the time.

im probably wrong, ill talk to the radio guys in a few days and see what actually happened to it.

 

[Seadoo]

There is nothing wrong with the radio hardware, The radio has probbably been inhibited by the dispatcher. The radio will look like it is not on when infact it is. Hook the radio up to your rss and read it, If it says it was inhibited then all you need to do is reprogram the radio. If it was inhibited then you dont have your radio programmed correctly. Make sure you have it set to affilate on ptt and not automatic.

 

[clanusb]

There is nothing wrong with the radio hardware, The radio has probbably been inhibited by the dispatcher. The radio will look like it is not on when infact it is. Hook the radio up to your rss and read it, If it says it was inhibited then all you need to do is reprogram the radio. If it was inhibited then you dont have your radio programmed correctly. Make sure you have it set to affilate on ptt and not automatic.

the radio is owned and programmed by the county. this radio was not programmed by me to be on the system.

 

[ILMRadioMan]

Well it isnt "transmitting all the time" to be exact.

It will transmit when you:

1) Change talkgroups / turn it on to a trunking TG.
2) PTT
3) The radio hasnt communicated to the system in the allotted time.

 

[clanusb]

well.. what about when its in scan mode? i almost always have it in scan mode when im just listening. itll bounce between 4 talkgroups almost constantly...

 

[C138NC]

And this is why you are not suppose to keep radios on when in charger. Motorola says tis is a no no. But I know all too many people do it.

I admit it... I did it before too but atleast i always have a spare backup..

 

[ILMRadioMan]

Well on an MTS2K you HAVE to be on a talkgroup in that system. So therefore by being on that talkgroup you would have affiliated.

See what I mean?

On the MTS, you cant scan a trunked system without being on a trunked talkgroup.

As soon as you changed to that talkgroup, or turned on your radio and it was on that talkgroup, your radio affiliated.

 

[clanusb]

Well on an MTS2K you HAVE to be on a talkgroup in that system. So therefore by being on that talkgroup you would have affiliated.

See what I mean?

On the MTS, you cant scan a trunked system without being on a trunked talkgroup.

As soon as you changed to that talkgroup, or turned on your radio and it was on that talkgroup, your radio affiliated.

i am authorized to be on the system, and i was given the radio.

i turned the radio on, placed it into scan mode. the channel selector knob is placed in the #1 position (for fire dispatch) as a priority.

my question is.. if its placed into scan mode, and when it picks up an active talkgroup within the scan list. does the radio affiliate because it is now listening to that talkgroup? hence causing the radio to keep "transmitting" saying that it is now on a different talk group.

do you see what im trying to ask?

 

[ILMRadioMan]

Yes, I do see what you are saying.

That answer is no.

It doesnt transmit/affiliate every time a new talkgroup comes up while scanning.

It only does it when you turn on the radio, or physically change the selector knob. However, again, channels popping in and out during scanning does not cause it to re-affiliate each time.

 

[clanusb]

copy that.
thank you for the clarification.

 

[ILMRadioMan]

You can visually verify this by the red LED on the top of your radio.

You will notice it only lights up when you are performing one of the three criteria I listed above.

You will also notice it doesnt light up while you scan.